[Koha-devel] Major surprise - "automatic" upgrade

[Mason James]

On 2013-05-1, at 3:07 AM, Paul wrote:

> At 11:16 AM 4/30/2013 +1200, you wrote:
> 
>> On 2013-04-30, at 9:38 AM, Paul wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi Jared,
>> >
>> > At 10:41 AM 4/28/2013 -0400, you wrote:
>> >> Paul,
>> >>
>> >> I've looked at the code in cleanup_database.pl (and search.pl), and can't see any obvious reason to "redirect to Installer."
>> >>
>> >> So -- what has happened? Â Can I dump the cleaned db back into production? What are the specific changes 3.8.5 to 3.8.10 that required "updating"?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> The redirect is because you had a newer version of the code than the database was run on.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your reply, but this is worrisome. I had at {server}/ a tarred 3.8.10.  I had at {server}/home/paul/ an untarred 3.8.10 (for .dif purposes.)
>> >
>> >> Koha doesn't have any support for automatic upgrades, so I guess you must have untarred 3.8.10 at some point.
>> >
>> > [see above] O.K. it's not "automatic" but it did in fact run automatically without my permission. I ran:
>> 
>> 
>> for the record Paul, Koha is *designed* to do this very thing
>> 
>> it forces the web-update page, if the database is older than the codebase (as yours is)
>> 
>> 
>> this is a 'feature' to stop stupid humans from corrupting their Koha databases, when attempting to run mismatched codebases and db versions

> 
> Tnx for the reply, but I fear you misunderstood.  The "automatic upgrade" I was referring to was from 3.8.5 to 3.8.10 (the whole Koha "system.")
>  The db update is by design and a very proper feature -- no surprise there.

> 
> Best - Paul
> 
> Tired old sys-admin 



lol, no Paul - i do not 'misunderstand' anything here


hmmm, your 'automatic upgrade' was caused by...

  - you manually pointing your 3.8.5 Koha to a 3.8.10 codebase, (then forgetting you did that)

  - you manually logging-in as the Koha database user at the install/upgrade page

  - you manually clicking 'upgrade'



did i miss anything??